• Hibbert himself defended his coach on Twitter -- “I love this team. N I love this coach. Period. #GoPacers#turntup.” -- and reiterated his support as he took questions for fans while waiting for his room service order. (If you’re not following @Hoya2aPacer, you should be. Same for @MattKryger, who posted this shot of Hibbert before the game.) Game 2 is tomorrow in Miami at 8:30 p.m.; the best-of-seven series comes to Bankers Life Fieldhouse first on Sunday ... because there’s nothing else going on in the sports world here that day, right??

Indianapolis police say they busted a lucrative operation near the Fashion Mall at Keystone last week after a months-long undercover sting investigation. Veronika Leblanc, 23, (left) was arrested at the Sheraton Hotel, 8700 Keystone Crossing Way and charged with prostitution. Rampone, who police say went by “Natasha,” told undercover police in emails that she charged $550 an hour for Leblanc’s services — $800 for two hours. The alleged madam, Anzhelika Rampone, 29, fled the state last week and might be hiding out in California, police said. Both women, police say, are originally from the Ukraine but married American men and are naturalized U.S. citizens.

The city plans to spend $92 million this year on the Rebuild Indy projects, which also will include two new portions of the Fall Creek Trail: from Central Avenue to the Monon, and from Skiles Test Park to Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park. Read the full project list at www.indy.gov/rebuildindy. Most controversial is the use of Rebuild Indy funds to help convert a Far-Eastside park into a world sports venue that will include cricket fields. RebuildIndy was started in 2010 using $425 million in proceeds from the sale of the city’s water and sewer utility to Citizens Energy Group.

Speaking of improvements to Indianapolis,don’t miss Robert King’s discussion of why he and his family have moved from the suburbs to the Near Eastside. “We understand that we have moved out of the zip code of comfort,” he writes.

Also Wednesday, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard addressed for the first time the corruption charges against city official Reggie Walton and three others involving the buying and selling of abandoned houses controlled by the Land Bank. “What it looks like, if these things prove out, these are pretty bad actors here,” Ballard told reporters at the RebuildIndy kickoff announcement. “Do I think this is a personal reflection? No, I don’t, and I don’t think anybody would believe that. But it hurts. It hurts.”

The gorgeous storm clouds on Wednesday evening attracted many photographers, but Poteet says the severe weather is now in our rearview mirrors. Expect a high in the mid-60s; lows tonight may be in the low 40s, says Poteet. Looking ahead, he says: “I still think we're golden through at least Saturday,” with a slight chance of showers and storms for Sunday and into Memorial Day.

In honor of Poison rocking out Carb Day on Friday, send us your hair-band hair photos! Email your photos to me at heycori@indystar.com, or tag me @heycori on Twitter or #heycori on Instagram! I love this one from Pam Rhoades, aka Pam Ferrin "The Electric Lady" from 1987-1998 at Q95: "This is me with Ozzy in the lobby of the old Q95 studios in 1987. I was a part-time DJ/producer for Q and Bob and Tom (and a college student at Butler at the time). Poor Ozzy was sitting all alone waiting for a ride back to the hotel after a radio interview. So I brought him some coffee and got a photo. It was very early in the morning as you can tell." He was a "very sweet and gentle soul," Rhodes added.

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, who stood up to assailants suspected of hacking to death a British soldier in London, said she intervened because "it was better having them (the weapons) aimed on one person.” The woman, 48, told the Daily Telegraph that one of the men told her they wanted "to start a war in London tonight" when she asked them why they had carried out the attack near a military barracks.